Course overview
Overview
The F-Gas regulations make it a legal requirement to hold the right certificate before working on systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases. Our LCL Awards F-Gas & ODS Category 1 course gives you the full-scope qualification, covering every activity from installation and commissioning through leak checking, maintenance, recovery and decommissioning — on systems of any size.
You’ll build the practical skills to work safely and compliantly, protecting your business and the environment.
Why choose this training?
Why this course matters
- Full Category 1 scope — legally work on any size stationary system
- Hands-on brazing, pressure testing and recovery practice
- LCL Awards regulated Level 3 qualification
- Delivered by experienced refrigeration and heat pump engineers
Career Benefits
Where this qualification can take you
Full-scope Category 1 certification supports engineers working across refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump installation, service and maintenance.
You’ll leave with practical evidence of competence for regulated RACHP work, helping you take on compliant work while protecting customers, equipment and the environment.
What You’ll Learn?
Practical knowledge for the job.
- F-Gas and ODS legislation and environmental obligations
- Global warming potential and why refrigerants matter
- Vapour compression cycle and system behaviour
- System components — compressors, condensers, evaporators, expansion devices
- Pipework fabrication, brazed joints and leak-tight practice
- Pressure testing and evacuation
- Refrigerant charging, including blends
- Leak detection and checking methods
- Safe recovery and legal disposal
- Commissioning, servicing and decommissioning procedures
- Safe working practices, hazards and PPE